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Hi Lawoat,

To answer your question specifically, for the short trip from BKK to Ayutthaya , unless it is a particularly busy holiday weekend or something like that, you should be able to buy your ticket at the train station just before the train departs. In many cases you can just buy your ticket right on the train as well. Luckily it is a relatively brief trip from BKK to Ayutthaya, so you should be okay even if you wind up standing most of the way. Even so, I'd try to get a second class seat rather than a third class one if they are available on that particular train.

Same goes for the onward trip to Nong Khai . You should be able to buy a ticket for a seat on that train the same day. If you can, also look into getting an overnight sleeper seat for the Ayutthaya to Nong Khai trip. Those tickets are a bit more available last minute than say the BKK to Chiang Mai or BKK to Surat Thani lines.

I'm assuming you'll be flying into Swampy, the new airport, right? If you fly into Don Muang, you can just walk across the street to the train station there and catch the train directly to Ayutthaya. Even if you fly into Swampy, you can check to see if the link bus that goes to Don Muang is running, and go there instead of all the way into Hualamphong. I don't know for sure, but there may even be a bus from the new airport transit center that goes directly to Ayutthaya.

I love to see the temples of Ayutthaya all lit up at night. There is something majestic about it. Have fun. Regards.